State and Federal agencies weigh-in on La`au DEIS.Friday 3-21-08 BY: BRANDON ROBERTS
As Molokai Properties Limited (MPL) prepares the final La`au Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the State Land Use Commission (LUC) hearings, several governmental agencies submitted comments on the short-comings of the draft document.
The Department of Hawaiian Home Lands (DHHL), Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA), and the United States Geological Survey (USGS) all had heavy criticism for the DEIS.
Water is the piko of Molokai sustainability. The DEIS dedicates hundreds of pages to prove the development will be insignificant to the Molokai aquifer, as well as native Hawaiians. The comments provided by all three agencies point out inadequate water data, and most importantly, who has the right to the water....
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